How to apply:MATERIALS: Please submit one to three pages of poetry (one poem per page; no poem longer than a page) or ten double-spaced pages of prose (fiction or creative non-fiction) to Professor Brad Melekian at melekian@sandiego.edu, making certain your e-mail address and phone number are present only on a cover page. All submissions must be attached as Microsoft Word documents. Documents that cannot be opened are disqualified. Please write “Cropper Contest Submission—Prose-Fiction (or Prose-Non-fiction or Poetry)” in your subject line. Please include your full name, address, phone number, and e-mail address in the body of your message.

DEADLINE: Materials must be received no later than 11:59 p.m., Friday, December 7, 2012.

If you have questions, e-mail Professor Halina Duraj at hduraj@sandiego.edu.